The Vanishing Easement
Public right-of-way extinguished by an amendment nobody debated.
Manchester·By E. Whitfield·London desk
The clause was nine words long and appeared in a schedule to an unrelated bill. It removed a footpath that had been walked for two centuries.
What it changed
Amendment reversed after judicial review.
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